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Lauded for her “exceptional performances” and “fiery interpretation,” violinist Francesca Anderegg

delivers sensational accounts of contemporary and classical music. She has collaborated with the

leading musicians of the concert stage, and regularly performs throughout the United States as a

soloist and chamber musician. Anderegg has recently appeared as soloist with the St. Olaf Orchestra and

Orchestra for the Next Century. The New York Times lauded her performance of the Ligeti Violin Concerto with

the Juilliard Orchestra for its “dark, mournful tone” and “virtuosic panache.” A versatile musician, Ms. An-

deregg is equally at home as a soloist and chamber music artist. Her chamber music credits include perfor-

mances with Itzhak Perlman and members of the Perlman Music Program in major venues throughout the

country, for which the Chicago Sun-Times praised her “astonishing assurance.”

Ms. Anderegg holds a D.M.A. and a Master’s degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School. Her

former teachers have included Robert Mann, Ronald Copes, Naoko Tanaka, Lynn Chang, and Betty-Jean

Hagen. In 2010, Ms. Anderegg received the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship in the Performing Arts, a major

career grant, and her solo debut CD was released by Albany Records in 2012. Committed to teaching as

well as performing, she is currently on the violin faculties of St. Olaf College and Interlochen Arts Camp.

“[The Orchestra for the Next Century] provided the U.S. premiere of

the Violin Concerto by the Swiss-born American composer Daniel

Schnyder, featuring the altogether remarkable Francesca Anderegg

as soloist… all one could say regarding Ms. Anderegg was brava,

diva. This was playing that had it all — taste, mastery, sensuality.”

–Norman Lebrecht, Arts Journal

“The soloist was Francesca Anderegg, a graduate student at

Juilliard, who made this dauntingly tricky work sound easy, starting

with the microtonal anarchy of the first movement, with its

clashing metric layers that echo the polyphony of Mr. Ligeti’s

extraordinary études. Ms. Anderegg played the dark, mournfully

lyrical second movement with rich tone and Sashko Gawriloff’s

virtuosic cadenza with panache.”

–Vivian Schweitzer, The New York Times

“Recitals don’t come more appealingly designed than this one by

violinist Francesca Anderegg and pianist Brent Funderburk—and

Mozart’s touching E-Minor Sonata, K. 304, written at the time of his

mother’s death, makes an elegant opening. Changing the mood

sharply, the duo plunges into Schoenberg’s Phantasy (1949), an

eight-minute fever dream that veers from the languorous to the

skittish. Anderegg combines a dark expressivity with meticulous

intonation—and Funderburk adds discreet counterpoint—in a

performance that might change the minds of Schoenberg skep-

tics...Anderegg’s accuracy in Carter’s daunting intervallic leaps will

preclude multitasking; listeners will be too riveted to think about

anything else...“Fantasy—Remembering Roger” is easily one of

the late 20th century’s most virtuosic studies for the instrument,

and in Anderegg’s hands, it becomes a bravura encore.”

–Bruce Hodges, The Juilliard Journal

“Exceptional performances included Francesca Anderegg’s fiery

interpretation of John Heiss’s Episode for Solo Violin (1981), a

mercurial jewel of a piece that, ending suddenly, leaves the

listener pleasantly unfulfilled.”

–Jonah Kappraff, www.artseditor.com

“…Music conceived on a smaller scale felt like a grand artistic

statement. Violinists Erno Kallai and Francesca Anderegg paired

for French composer Philippe Hersant’s 11 Caprices for Two

Violins, born of Bartók and written after the texts of Kafka. These

minutelong nuggets present virtuosic challenges that both

performers met with astonishing assurance, and they did so as

storytellers to boot.”

–Bryant Manning, The Chicago Sun-Times

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CANCIONES POPULARES

Composers have long been inspired by

popular styles and songs. In her “Canciones

Populares” recital, Anderegg explores a

dazzling array of music: blues and jazz are

heard in Ravel’s Violin Sonata and Gershwin’s

Three Piano Preludes, popular song inspires

Manuel de Falla’s Siete canciones populares

españoles, and the irresistible energy of

Hungarian folk music is heard in Bartók’s First

Rhapsody.

Works to be performed on the “Canciones

Populares” program include:

Ravel, Violin Sonata

Gershwin, Three Piano Preludes

Manuel de Falla, Siete canciones populares

españoles

Bartók, First Rhapsody

With pianist Brent Funderburk.

CONTEMPORARY VOICES FROM LATIN AMERICA

In her “Contemporary Voices from Latin

America” recital program, Francesca An-

deregg explores the rich offerings of 20th

century and contemporary Latin American

composers. The program begins with

music by Mexican composer Silvestre Re-

vueltas. His Tres Piezas for violin and piano

is Romantic in style. The same Romantic

spirit, with virtuosity, intensity, and passion,

is present in Brazilian composer Marlos

Nobre’s Desafio III for violin and piano.

In the second half of the program, Latin

American composers who are inspired by

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music is heard in Argentinian composer Mario Davidovsky’s Duo

Capriccioso and the Darmstadt sensibility is found in Mexican com-

poser Mario Lavista’s Dialogos. Finally, the influences of Venezue-

lan folk music and American minimalism are combined in Reinaldo

Moya’s Imagined Archipelagos. This program represents a truly

global constellation of influences as seen through the perspective

of Latin American composers.

Works to be performed on the “Contemporary Voices from

Latin America” program include:

Silvestre Revueltas, Tres Piezas for violin and piano

Marlos Nobre, Desafio III for violin and piano

Mario Davidovsky, Duo Capriccioso

Mario Lavista, Dialogos

Reinaldo Moya, Imagined Archipelagos

With pianist Brent Funderburk.

SPATIAL REASONING

Join Francesca Anderegg in a recital of music by 20th- and 21st-

century composers from around the world whose music explores

the idea of space. In the first half, composers who are interested

in space as an abstract concept are featured, through John Luther

Adams’s Three High Places, Toru Takemitsu’s …distance de fée…,

and the solo violin movement from Kaija Saariaho’s ballet Maa. In

the second half, Francesca performs music by composers who think

about space “geometrically.” The minimalist patterns and geometric

shapes of Yannis Kyriakides’s trace and Ryan Francis’s Remix take the

audience inside the spatial reasoning that is at the heart of musical

composition.

Works to be performed on the “Spatial Reasoning” program

include:

John Luther Adams, Three High Places

Toru Takemitsu, …distance de fée…

Kaija Saariaho, from Maa

Yannis Kyriakides, trace

Ryan Francis, Remix

With pianist Brent Funderburk.

UNSTRUNG

Ever since the days of Brahms and Joachim, composers and

performers have been partners and collaborators in bringing

musical works to life. In this program, Francesca Anderegg

joins this tradition by performing the music of her friends and

colleagues. All written within the last several years, these works

demonstrate the dazzling range of talent of young American

composers, all of whom have personal connections to An-

deregg. Many of these young composers have been strongly

influenced by the American minimalist style, but their music

goes beyond classic minimalist works in dramatic scope: Ryan

Francis’s Remix, Clint Needham’s On the Road, and Reinaldo

Moya’s Imagined Archipelagos are all informed by minimalism.

The other primary compositional mode in evidence is Romanti-

cism. David Hertzberg, Nathan Shields, and Andrew Norman

contribute pieces to this program that take advantage of the

violin’s lyrical and emotional possibilities.

Works to be performed on the “UnStrung” program include:

Ryan Francis, Remix (2004)

David Hertzberg, New Work (2013)

Clint Needham, On the Road (2013)

Andrew Norman, Cecilia (2010)

Nathan Shields, New Work (2013)

Reinaldo Moya, Imagined Archipelagos (2012)

With pianist Brent Funderburk.

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LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION

Francesca Anderegg will present a lecture/demonstration

about her recital repertoire, delving into the historical

context of the works and performing excerpts from them.

Geared towards music students and music lovers of all

kinds, special topics to be covered include the program

design, the challenges and rewards of performing music

by living composers, and a behind-the-scenes look into

the preparation that goes into her performances.

COMPOSER READINGS

Francesca Anderegg will meet with student composers

to read and record their works. An invaluable part of any

composer’s training, these readings and recordings will

inform composition students’ understanding of the rich

history of violin writing, and help them take advantage of

the instrument’s most exciting contemporary possibilities.

In addition to her work with student composers, Frances-

ca will incorporate performances by resident composers

into her recitals.

MASTERCLASSES & CHAMBER COACHINGS

Francesca’s teaching expertise, honed at prestigious

institutions St. Olaf College and Interlochen Center for

the Arts, is available through masterclasses and chamber

coachings. Francesca’s training and experience as a solo-

ist and chamber musician teaches students to interpret

music in a unique way which brings technical mastery

and emotional immediacy to their performances. Also,

Francesca’s focus on contemporary music, developed

under the tutelage of champions of American music Rob-

ert Mann and Ronald Copes, helps students develop the

skills to give vivid performances of the music of today.

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